Button and clasp construction



Nov. 23, 1937.

J. MA rs'uMoTo BUTTON AND CLASP CONSTRUCTION Filed July 24. 1936 INVENTOR. MW

. ATTORNEY.

Patented Nov. 23, 1937 PATENT OFFICE 2,100,106 BUTTON AND CLASP CONSTRUCTION Josnke Matsumoto, Los Angeles, Calif.

Application July- 24,

1936, Serial No. 92,402

In Japan October 8, 1935 8' Claims.

a brooch or ornament.

An object of the invention is to provide a button of the character described which when attached to a gannent or the like may have a portion or the head thereof readily removed for replacement by another portion or head of'difierent design, shape, or color whereby a variety of ornamental effects may be quickly and easily had without removing the button body or separating the buttons where two are used as a clasp.

Another object is to provide a button construction which readily lends itself to ornamentation and to use as a clasp, and which is of simple, of ready, and easy assembling and attachment to garments.

The invention is characterized by other advantages and-features some of which, with the foregoing will be set forth at length in the following description where I shall outline in full that form of my invention which is selected for illustration in the accompanying drawing. It is to be understood that I do not limit myself to the form shown in said drawing and described herewith, inasmuch as the invention as defined in the claims hereto appended may be embodied in various forms. p

In the drawing, Fig. I is a top plan view of a clasp made up of the buttons of this invention,

Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken on the plane of line 2-2 of Fig. 1,

Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of the device of Fig. 1, and

Fig. 4 is a sectional view of a modified form of the invention.

One embodiment of this invention comprises a cup shaped body I, an intermediate plate like piece 2 and a removable head 3. The cup shaped body is preferably cylindrical and its closed end has openings 4 therein to provide for securing same as by the means 5 to a garment indicated at A. The interior. of the body I is screw threaded to receive a screw threaded shank 6 of the head =3.

Obviously, the threaded engagement between the base I and head 3' may be reversed from the arrangement shown in the drawing; that is, head 3 may beprovided with a threaded recess for the reception of a threaded stud that projects from base I.

The base of an ordinary button is flat formed,

and has apertures for the reception of thread and is attached to the exterior of a garment. The plate 2 is larger in diameter than the base I and the head 3 of said plate at all times covers the base I and hides the same from view and at the same time provides a decorative background for the smaller head. Plate 2 has diilerent decorative designs on both faces, therefore it may be used very conveniently.

As shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3 the plate like piece or base 2 is of decorative design and somewhat star shaped and hasa central opening 'I registering with the base of the body I, the said plate being clamped between the head 3 and upper or outer end of the body I. If desired the head 3 may have a covering 8 of cloth or the covering may be transparent to reveal a decorative figure, design or color on the head itself. However it is desired that the plate 3 be of considerably greater diameter than the body I and head 3 so as to form a decorative base for the said head and to facilitate using two buttons to form a clasp.

I may as shown in Fig. 4 have the body memher 9 and plate III formed as one piece with the head II removable therefrom in the same way as shown in the other form of this invention.

To-form a clasp two buttons are secured in place as here shown and so that the plates 2 will either interfit or will overlap. One button has provided in the underside of its plate 2 a cross bar clasp element I2 and the other button has a complementary spring clasp member I3 fixed thereto on its underside so as to engage the element I2 whereby to hold the two buttons together. It is noted that the plates 2 completely conceal the clasp elements. The 'interengaging clasp members I2 and It may be permanently secured to the plates 2, or they may be detachably applied thereto and the cross bar member I2 made of any desired and suitable shape for receiving the free end of the resilient clasp member I3. It will now be seen that the button and clasp construction of this invention includes in one case a three piece button capable of variety of decorative efiects in a particularly eillcacious man ner.

Either the head 3 may be removed and a differently ornamented head quickly and easily sub stituted without removing the button body, or the plate 2 may be changed and both the plate 2 and head 3 changed and while making such interchanges the body will remain in place.

This construction is sturdy and makes for a strong and durable button, clasp or ornament, having the added advantage of providing for an unlimited variety of ornamental effects in a quicker and easier manner than has heretofore been possible,

While the preferable arrangement is to have the head 3 of greater diameter than the body I and the plate or base 2 ofgreater diameter, than the head, these proportions may be varied as desired. I a

I claim:

1. In a clasp, a pair of buttons having cup shaped bodies adapted to be secured to a garment, heads removably engaged in said bodies, base plates between said heads and said bodies and extending therefrom into interfitted relation to one another, and cooperating clasp elements on the under sides of said plates.

2. A button comprising male and female members one of which is provided with apertures for the reception of fastening means whereby it may be secured to the external face of a garment or the like, means for detachably connecting said members, and a plate of greater diameter than said members and being clamped between and by said members.

3. In a clasp, a pair of base members each pro- I vided with apertures for the reception of fastening means whereby said base members may be secured to the exterior of a garment, a head removably engaged with each of said members,-

secured to a garment, of aplate overlying said base member, a button body member having engagement with said base memberand clamping the plate thereto and the diameter of said plate being greater than that of said base member and said button body member.

5. The combination with a base member pro- 6. The combination with a base member provided with apertures forthe reception of thread,

whereby said base member may be permanently secured to a garment, a button body member, said base member and button body member having interengaging threaded portions whereby the button body member may be readily detached from said base member, and a plate removably positioned between and clamped by said button body member and base, and which plate is larger in diameter than said base so as to entirely cover and hide the same from view.

'7. A button comprising male and female members one of which constitutes a base having a flat form and being provided with apertures for the reception of thread whereby said base mem ber may be permanently secured to the exterior of a garment, said male and female members having threaded engagement whereby they may be readily connected or disconnected and a plate removably positioned between and clamped by said male and female members, the diameter of which plate is greater than the said both members and both faces of said plate being of different decorative designs.

8. In a clasp of the class described, a pair of base members, each provided with apertures for the reception of fastening means whereby said base members may be secured to the exterior of said base members and heads, said plates having.

interfitted relation one with the other and cooperating clasp elements on the undersides of said plates for engaging one another to hold said plates in assembled resilient relation and both.

faces of the plates being of different decorative designs.

JOSUKE MATSUMOTO. 

